The Mill Street Milanese

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image of Mill St. signpost ©2016 by Seth Kimmel Bass maker/luthier of American made, real wood, hand-carved, double bass violins; Eugene, Oregon, USA

The Mill Street Milanese is modeled after a great old Italian bass attributed to Testore, of Milan, Italy.

Here is video from 2019 Tyler Abbot playing #18, a Ponderosa Pine top with a Western Maple flat back, made in 2011 (!) with the rest of the University of Oregon string department on the other bits, in the UO's Beall Hall.

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A Recent Milanese:

image of Double Bass #51 ©2017 by Seth Kimmel Bass maker/luthier of American made, real wood, hand-carved, double bass violins; Eugene, Oregon, USA